On his new album, Living on Mercy, out August 28, 2020 on Last Music Co., Dan Penn collaborates with some of the other best songwriters in Nashville, Memphis, Muscle Shoals and points beyond, and applies all the wondrous things he’s seen and learned since his first songwriting job when he was 16 years old. ... Verder lezen

The Allman Betts Band Announce New Album ‘Bless Your Heart’. A conflagration of influences and invention, confidence and ambition, Bless Your Heart captures a vast, panoramic scope throughout a baker’s dozen of modern rock. Ragged and stomping. Heady and frayed. Soaring and scorching. Generational and genteel. West Coast scenes and Gulf Coast shores. Gateways of the Midwest and swamplands of Florida. Wyoming’s Big Sky. New York’s Big Apple. Chicago’s Broad Shoulders ... Verder lezen

Available for the first time on vinyl, this 2LP set is culled from the critically acclaimed Fillmore West '71 4CD box set. Prepared from reel-to-reel soundboard masters, Fillmore West 1-31-71 presents the Allman Brothers Band in high gear ... Verder lezen

Walter Trout returns with his brand new studio album Ordinary Madness, which will be released on 28th August via Provogue ... Verder lezen

Exclusive reissues of classic Brian Setzer albums will be reissued on vinyl on the 24th of July. The Brian Setzer Orchestra’s ‘The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1’ & ‘Vol. 2’ will be released on vinyl for the first time and his solo album ‘Brian Setzer ’68 Comeback Special: Ignition’ will be reissued exclusively on yellow vinyl. These will be released via Surfdog Records ... Verder lezen

FLEETWOOD MAC komt met re-issue van "Then Play On" op 18 September via BMG. Deze uitgebreide versie bevat vier bonus tracks. Beschikbaar op 2LP en CD. Bevat nieuwe sleevenotes van Anthony Bozza en een persoonlijk voorwoord van Mick Fleetwood ... Verder lezen

Vermont bluesman John Fusco and his band the X-Road Riders will follow up their acclaimed 2019 self-titled debut with the 20-song double album John the Revelator, due out July 31, 2020 on Checkerboard Lounge Recordings ... Verder lezen

Door de corona crisis werden alle optredens geannuleerd en zijn het ook voor de Gentse bluesmuikant Guy Verlinde zeer moeilijke en onzekere tijden. Maar de lockdown had ook zijn positieve gevolgen, want zo kon hij door de vrijgekomen tijd, de vele live opnames van The Mighty Gators, eindelijk beluisteren. En zo groeide het idee om een live album samen te stellen ... Verder lezen

King King are pleased to announce the release of their fifth studio album “Maverick” on Friday 16th October 2020 via Channel 9 Music – King King’s new independent label. The 10-track album will be released on CD, vinyl and various bundles ... Verder lezen

VANDENBERG are back! Back with a new line-up and a new album. They return screaming and shaking down thunderous riffs like they’ve never been away ... Verder lezen

To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the album will be expanded and remastered by Bob Ludwig and will be released on June 26, 2020. Two additional previously unreleased tracks have been added to the album: The blues standard "Rollin' and Tumblin'" and a cover of Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You Baby" ... Verder lezen

Rob Tognoni announces his new album “Catfish Cake”: “Catfish are synonymous with the Mississippi Delta, this is where the roots of what I play began... the Blues." ... Verder lezen

The album is jam packed with catchy grooves and riffs. Hard to pinpoint this unique sounding band, but it's highly recommended for people who would like Nick Cave's Grinderman mixed with 70's Rock, Velvet Underground and Tony Joe White with slide guitar and harmonica on steroids...also recommended for fans of Jack White and Tom Waits ... Verder lezen

Neil Young puts it best: "This album is the unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time". Recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, Homegrown was intended to come out in 1975 before Neil cancelled the release. The album has remained unreleased until now ... Verder lezen

Fire Records owner Bobby Robinson got these propulsive performances out of the Chicago slide-guitar god in the early '60s. Includes So Unkind; My Kind of Woman; I Gotta Go Now; Pickin' the Blues; Hand in Hand; Dust My Broom; My Baby's Gone; So Unkind; Person to Person , and more blistering blues! ... Verder lezen

De Nederlandse zanger en songwriter Phil Bee kon in de Corona tijd toch niet stil zitten. Hij gebruikte de ‘lockdown’ om zich 4 weken op te sluiten in de ‘Castle Studios’ in Mheer om deze CD op te nemen. Het resultaat: ‘Against the Wind’. Nummers met een tijdsgeest uit de jaren ’60-’70 van de vorige eeuw. Klassiekers met een eigen sausje van de gelauwerde Nederlandse blues/soul zanger ... Verder lezen

A lost studio recording from a legendary blues man! Bluesman George “Mojo” Buford started blowing the harmonica in his teens, eventually linking up to tour with fellow Mississippian Muddy Waters. Adopting his nickname from ravenous crowds requesting Muddy’s “Got My Mojo Working,” Buford gained the attention of some gifted young rockers (including lead guitarist of The Trashmen!), who steered him into the studio for three smokin’ ‘69 sessions–the results of which we’re finally hearing for the first time! ... Verder lezen

The Jose Ramirez Band recently won second place at The Blues Foundation 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. The new album was recently recorded in Austin, TX under the production of blues guitar legend Anson Funderburgh and mixed by Grammy Award Winner Stuart Sullivan. ... Verder lezen

Bob Dylan will release his first album of original songs in eight years, Rough and Rowdy Ways, on June 19th. Dylan dropped a third song from the album, the swaggering, guitar-heavy “False Prophet,” which follows “Murder Most Foul” and “I Contain Multitudes.” ... Verder lezen

After winning his second 'Contemporary Blues Album' Grammy for the acclaimed 'Please Don't Be Dead,' Fantastic Negrito is back with his new album 'Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?" ... Verder lezen

WORKINGMAN’S DEAD: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available on July 10. This three-CD set includes the original album with newly remastered sound, plus an unreleased concert recorded on February 21, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY ... Verder lezen

On his second release since returning to solo soul stardom, Bryant capitalizes off the success of his 2017 release Don’t Give Up on Love. On his newest album You Make Me Feel, he’s also reaching back into his own catalog, with a fresh take on songs he wrote long ago ... Verder lezen

Guy Verlinde lost “Unreleased Acoustic Recordings”, een nieuw digitaal album met onuitgegeven opnames ... Verder lezen

On his new CD “The Bear“ he is back to the Blues with stories about life's ups and downs and in-betweens ... Verder lezen

Dion releases his new album ‘Blues With Friends’ on Friday 5th June via Keeping The Blues Alive Records. The album features guests including the cream of the contemporary scene’s blues-rooted slingers including Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons, Joe Bonamassa, Brian Setzer, Sonny Landreth, Samantha Fish, John Hammond Jr., Joe Louis Walker, Rory Block , Jimmy and Jerry Vivino, vintage guitar guru Joe Menza as well as icons Stevie Van Zandt, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison and Paul Simon ... Verder lezen

Reports of rock and roll’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, and Philip Sayce aims to keep it that way. On his new album Spirit Rising, Sayce boldly lets his freak flag fly, reaffirming his status as one of the best electric guitarists on the planet right now, but also demonstrating that he’s got a lot to say ... Verder lezen

Esoteric Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a new re-mastered 6 CD clamshell boxed set anthology by the legendary musician SNOWY WHITE. Lucky Star – An Anthology 1983 – 1994 gathers together all of his solo albums and two albums recorded under the guise of SNOWY WHITE’S BLUES AGENCY ... Verder lezen

Swedish rockers Blues Pills will release their third album Holy Moly! on June 19th via Nuclear Blast and have recently released their rocking new single “Low Road.” ... Verder lezen

This June 6th will mark the first anniversary of the passing of Mac Rebennack — known throughout the World as Dr. John. A day prior, on June 5, 2020, The Last Music Company will release a commemorative limited vinyl edition of Ske Dat De Dat worldwide. Dr. John's stellar tribute to Louis Armstrong! ... Verder lezen

Soulful blues phenom, and Blues Hall Of Fame inductee, Joe Louis Walker is joined by a host of talented friends and peers on his superb new studio album! This album explodes with the passionate playing and souful melodies that have made Walker a favorite among true blues aficionados ... Verder lezen